Temple fires Stan Drayton following overtime win over Florida Atlantic

Temple fires Stan Drayton following overtime win over Florida Atlantic

Temple is looking for a new football coach.

The Owls announced Sunday that Stan Drayton had been fired with two games to go in the 2024 regular season. Draytons firing comes after the Owls took down Florida Atlantic 18-15 in overtime on Saturday.

Defensive coordinator and former Texas State coach Everett Withers will be the team’s interim coach for the final two games of the season.

Competing for AAC titles and a spot in the College Football is a long, long way off for the Owls. The win over the other Owls on Saturday brought Temples record to 3-7. Temple was 3-9 in each of Draytons first two seasons and he leaves with a career record of 9-25.

Temple hasnt made a bowl game since the 2019 season when the Owls went 8-5 under Rod Carey. That was Careys first season with the program after he replaced Geoff Collins.

Since then, Temple hasnt won more than three games in a single season and won four games over Careys final two seasons.

The program is a long way off from the back-to-back 10-win seasons it posted under current Nebraska coach matt Rhule in 2015 and 2016. Rhules team improved by eight wins over two seasons from 2013 to 2015 and left for the Baylor job after the 2016 season.

Overall, Temple has won just one conference championship in school history and has been to nine bowl games.

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